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Today during the highly watched noon program on CNBC, the business network aired a special feature (including live and taped coverage) on the revival and resiliency of Oklahoma City which featured interviews of the heads of Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK), Devon (NYSE: DVN), ...

Tonight, according to the Associated Press, in an epic poltical upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a ...

The January Effect theory is an increase in stock prices during the month of January (aka the first month of the new trading year). This proposed first-of-the-year stock market “rally” is generally attributed to an increase in the buying of ...

According to Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), Christmas day 2009 was the first time ever that customers bought more Kindle books (or electronic books) than physical books (or paper–hard or soft-bound–books) on their Website. This should come at little surprise to anyone ...

Yes, Devon (NYSE: DVN) is for sale. It may not be on public record and the 50-story high rise under construction in downtown Oklahoma City may suggest otherwise, but from all accounts it seems that Devon is for sale. Last Monday’s groundbreaking ...

Despite much excitement about a potential end to the current two-year long U.S. economic recession, it seems that there is still some work to be done. For instance, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) , 14 percent of U.S. homeowners ...

Happy Holidays! Personally, I am a “glass is half full” type of person which can be a good thing and a bad thing. But, I truly do believe that more often times than not…it is a good thing. While it ...

On this fourth Thursday of November, tens of millions of U.S. households are celebrating Thanksgiving. (Ours was among the count as I just heated up my third helping of sweet potatoes (with yummy marshmellows) to go with the second half of the Cowboys/Raiders ...

Gobble, gobble…the turkey day statistics begin to take shape as we head into the 2009 Thanksgiving holiday travel season. Below are the predictions and thoughts from various sources surrounding this holiday travel season: The number of Americans traveling away from home ...

On Monday, Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) surprisingly announced that it would divest its entire Gulf of Mexico and international oil and gas portfolio for an estimated $4.5 billion to $7.5 billion in net after-tax proceeds in order to better align its asset base ...